Decades After… Homecoming

04/22/02, Takhtabaig, Pakistan-Refugee children await their turn to leave as trucks lined up to depart before the refugees were able to leave the registration site at Takhtabaig. Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Sack#200202692

04/10/02, Thulkhom, Afghanistan-Afghan refugees just crossing the border line between Pakistan and Afghanistan at Thulkhom border. Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Sack#200202687

04/22/02, Mohman Dra, Afghanistan-Thanra Gul unloaded one of the boy from the truck at UNHCR registration center in Mohman Dra.Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Sack#200202692

04/22/02, Mohman Dra, Afghanistan-A boy got his measles shot at UNHCR registration center in Mohman Dra. Refegee children were required to get their vaccines before they could return to their homes. Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Sack#200202692

04/10/02, Marco, Afghanistan-Mobaiza, 7, returning to her hometown, Zhara Bough in Shomali Plain from Pershawar after living one year as a refugee. Pershawar to Shomali Plain is at least 10 hour drive with four wheel Jeep. Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Sack#200202687

04/22/02, Mashali, Afghanistan-Family of Umer Gul Haider, right, and Shamsurahman, 40 and his son Jamilurahman, just entered their village, Mashali and expressed the joy. They are on the way back to their home village Mashali after 22 years of refugee life at Nasir Bagh refugee camp in Pakistan. Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Sack#200202692

04/22/02, Takhtabaig, Pakistan-Refugee children awaits their turn to leave as trucks lined up to depart before the refugees were able to leave the registration site at Takhtabaig. Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Sack#200202692